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Them's fightin' words.

Earlier I said something pretty similar to EA's global product manager, Kevin O'Leary, when he took to Twitter and called Activision's just-announced Black Ops 2 "tired" and in need of a rest. To be fair, I'm neither a big Call of Duty fan or an employee at a major competitor. Maybe that matters, maybe it doesn't.

"Although his comments likely reflect what many of us are thinking," Matt writes, "I think we are all even more tired of the fact that EA keeps yapping their trap about Activision. This goes back to the whole Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3 showdown that happened towards the end of last year. Look, Activision won. Regardless of whether or not you consider their game better or worse, the fact is it sold better...A LOT better than Battlefield 3."

Matt thinks gamers should be able to play their games without game publishers bickering with one another about each others' titles. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who...

I'm not so sure. It's kind of fun in a political-circus way to see these little tiffs come to life on social media.

Matt continues: "Just shut up EA. I'm sick of you running your mouth, and this is coming from someone who actually enjoyed Battlefield 3 more than Modern Warfare 3. I recognize this was his personal tweet, and it may not reflect the entire company's opinion of the game, but Kevin must also understand that what he posts on Twitter is a reflection on EA. And while I'm at it, you can shut up too Activision. Let gamers just play the games they enjoy."

Of course, gamers can play the games they enjoy perfectly well whether or not EA or Activision or any other developer decides to jump into the fray. Employees at these companies could take to the streets in a Gangs of New York style brawl and it wouldn't have any impact whatsoever on our gaming fun (at least of those games already released. Future titles might suffer if devs started physically harming one another.)

All told, this is sort of like the Republicans telling the Democrats to stop playing politics, or BP telling Exxon Mobile that they're a giant, greedy corporation. Pot, meet kettle.

And I think Matt does have a fair point. I've said before that it would be a shame if the gaming industry became as noisy and virulent as politics. Gaming is supposed to be fun.